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Species Moraxella saccharolytica
Name: Moraxella saccharolytica Flamm 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loose; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj. saccharolytica, saccharolytic, using various sugars
Type strain: ATCC 19248; DSM 21591; LMG 1039; NCTC 10753
Effective publication: Flamm H. Moraxella saccharolytica (sp. n.) aus dem Liquor eines Kindes mit Meningitis. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1956; 166:498-502.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 In the Approved Lists of Bacterial Name, the type strain is erroneously cited as ATCC 19245.
Publication:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Flamm H. Moraxella saccharolytica (sp. n.) aus dem Liquor eines Kindes mit Meningitis. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1956; 166:498-502.
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Record number: 784289
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